Resources for parents

Parents, caregivers and communities have a key role in ensuring all students attend school every day.

The following resources provide advice to help parents and carers with their child’s attendance.

Fact sheets

• Every day counts in Prep (PDF, 225KB)
  
• Regular school attendance – information for parents and carers (PDF, 489KB)
  
• Anxiety about going to school (PDF, 711KB)
  
• How can I get my teenager to go to school? (PDF, 759KB)
  
• Preparing your child for high school (PDF, 515KB)
  
• Infographic for parents (PDF, 421KB)
  

Brochures

Parents and caregivers have a key role in ensuring all students attend school every day.

These brochures will help parents and caregivers understand their responsibilities in relation to school attendance.

Brochure for parents and caregivers

Brochure for mums, dads, aunties, uncles, brothers and sisters

Postcards

Postcard - every day counts at school 1 

Postcard - every day counts at school 2

Videos

Every day counts videos have been produced to highlight the importance of 100% school attendance. Presenting the videos at school events such as parent-teacher interview sessions, parent information nights and parent and citizens meetings will support teachers and principals to reinforce the Every day counts message.

Attendance routines from prep External link - duration 2:05 minutes - transcript

Attendance: it all adds up External link - duration 2:25 minutes - transcript

Attending every day External link - duration 2:05 minutes - transcript

Every day counts External link - duration 3:13 minutes - transcript

Johnathon Thurston campaign External link - duration 0:30 minutes - transcript